corrupt and unethical consultants how will the department of home affairs officials be prevented from receiving applications from syndicates involving persons illegally conducting their trade the department will also have to respond to thousands of individual applicants and companies and this will place a huge load on public resources the ifp also does not support the reduction in the asylum transit permit period from fourteen days to five days asylumseekers need to be given a reasonable time within which to register for asylum status while fourteen days is a reasonable time the five days places undue pressure on both the asylumseeker and the department to process